Where does “radiopacity” come from?
radiopacity (English) comes from English opacity, from English opaque, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
radiopacity (English): The state or degree of being opaque to X-rays
Definitions
- The state or degree of being opaque to X-rays
Ancestry of “radiopacity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | opacity | The state or quality of being opaque, not... |
| 2 | English | opaque | Neither reflecting nor emitting light; Allowing... |
| 3 | French | opacité | opacity; opaqueness |
| 4 | Latin | opacitas | shadiness, shade |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “radiopacity”